PERSONSCHRISTOPHER MAHON.OLD MAHON,his father, a squatter.MICHAEL JAMES FLAHERTY (called MICHAEL JAMES),a publican.MARGARET FLAHERTY (called PEGEEN MIKE),his daughter.SHAWN KEOUGH,her cousin, a young farmer.WIDOW QUIN,a woman of about thirty.PHILLY CULLEN and JIMMY FARRELL,small farmers.SARA TANSEY, SUSAN BRADY, and HONOR BLAKE,village girls.A BELLMAN.SOME PEASANTS.The action takes place near a village, on a wild coast of Mayo. The first Act passes on an evening of autumn, the other two Acts on the following day.
CHRISTOPHER MAHON.OLD MAHON,his father, a squatter.MICHAEL JAMES FLAHERTY (called MICHAEL JAMES),a publican.MARGARET FLAHERTY (called PEGEEN MIKE),his daughter.SHAWN KEOUGH,her cousin, a young farmer.WIDOW QUIN,a woman of about thirty.PHILLY CULLEN and JIMMY FARRELL,small farmers.SARA TANSEY, SUSAN BRADY, and HONOR BLAKE,village girls.A BELLMAN.SOME PEASANTS.
The action takes place near a village, on a wild coast of Mayo. The first Act passes on an evening of autumn, the other two Acts on the following day.